Plans were approved
A £77m plan to build 1,500 affordable homes won unanimous backing by councillors looking to tackle a county’s “housing crisis”.
Gwynedd Council wants to build hundreds of properties by 2027 and it plans to partially fund its “Housing Action Plan” by hiking taxes on second homes by as much as 100%.
That would leave holiday home owners paying double the amount of local residents, if the plans which are out to consultation are approved.
Meanwhile, during a packed afternoon’s agenda on Tuesday, the cabinet also moved to present the Welsh Government with the findings of a council commissioned research paper which require changes to national planning and taxation legislation.